Beijing has said it will loosen a chip export ban it imposed after Dutch authorities took over Nexperia, a Chinese-owned chipmaker based in the Netherlands.In September, the Netherlands invoked a…
Kevin PeacheyCost of living correspondentElla MurrayElla (left) with flatmate Maisy, says socialising is often done at the kitchen tableHomes without lounges are becoming a reality for renters on tight budgets…
US businesses are literally going penniless.Since the Trump administration ended minting the one-cent coins earlier this year, those still in circulation are becoming harder to find. Many stores are now…
Broadcaster Ivan Yates will no longer present a political podcast with Matt Cooper after it emerged that Mr Yates had not disclosed his work advising Fianna Fáil during the Presidential…
One person with intimate knowledge of Donald Trump's thinking on tariffs is businessman Wilbur Ross. He was US Commerce Secretary in Mr Trump’s first term as US president from 2017…
Revenue has said it has written to over 1.5 million property owners to advise them they must file a local property tax valuation ahead of next week's deadline. The head…
Shell beat third-quarter profit forecasts today, helped by strong results from its gas division, and said it would maintain the pace of its share buyback programme at $3.5 billion over…
A beaming US President Donald Trump hailed his "great success" in talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping in the South Korean city of Busan. From a deal to reduce tariffs…
Shares in PTSB soared on the back of the announcement the bank is for sale, closing in Dublin this evening over 23% higher at €2.90, giving it a market valuation…
The Bank of Japan kept interest rates steady today but repeated its pledge to continue increasing borrowing costs if the economy moves in line with its projections, shifting investor focus…
Meta has forecast "notably larger" capital expenses next year thanks to investments in artificial intelligence, including aggressively building data centres to power its AI push. The Facebook and Instagram parent…
US President Donald Trump has said that he agreed to reduce tariffs on China in exchange for Beijing cracking down on the illicit fentanyl trade, resuming US soybean purchases and…